Finding Your Place Of Blessing

I was reading in Genesis recently and began to notice this pattern in the Word of God, especially in the Old Testament, that when God desired to bless a man, he would also bless his family, his herds, his friends, anything that pertained to that one person...And then I realized that God also would bless the land...that the place of the person was directly tied to the blessing that person received. Perhaps this is why Israel has always been called the "Promised Land", or why you read in Joshua of God blessing the very place the feet of godly men stepped on...That God continually encouraged His people to find the place He was directing them to...a blessing was found there. I love what Mike Murdock teaches, that every person has an assignment, that it is important that we know what our assignment in life is and pursue it...finding our place of blessing requires diligence, seeing and seeking...looking for the place God has called us to serve our generation well. It seems to me that God creates people for places...I know that for me there are certainly places I do and do not fit...that doesn't make the place bad or me better...it means there are places I can either be more or less effective...I am thankful to have found my place of blessing! On Monday my wife and I, along with two others from our church are leaving for Kenya. I am extremely excited, it's my fourth trip, but I never tire of going and always look forward to the next adventure...It's one of my places of blessing! I am asking God to give me a word for Kenya, for the place that I am going to minister...pray for us as we travel and minister that God will give us safety, blessings, and favor, for many lives to be changed and for souls to be saved...Pray for the new wine to be poured out and for God to be glorified. I pray that you will find your place of blessing! Check out this link, it is the place where we will be ministering the first four days we're in Kenya: www.dceldoret.org