Blessing Comes of Itself: Serve Only Above

R’ Elimelech reads “Go for yourself” as a word to the tzaddik about the blessing he brings down. Knowing that he is a channel of blessing, the tzaddik may wish to send it to those close to him, his family and his students. But Hashem’s will is that the thought of being a channel should not enter his mind at all; he should only serve Hashem wholly, and the flow of blessing will come of itself. So “from your land, your birthplace and your father’s house” means putting out of mind everything that touches what is his own, and “to the land that I will show you” means turning all his service toward the upper land alone.