Belong
These days we can buy memberships to everything from health clubs to the British aristocracy––proof of our intrinsic desire to either fit in with those like us or be associated with those we wish to emulate. Belonging is a key Biblical concept as well. In the Bible, God spelled out which land belonged to which people, who belonged to which family, and what belonged to God himself. This usually prevented conflict and, at the same time, clarified owners' rights and members' benefits.

God dictates what belongs to him in the spiritual realm. All of humanity is born belonging to the world––enslaved to our flawed human nature, destined for physical and spiritual death. But through Jesus Christ, we're saved from the world's grasp and owned by a master who holds the keys to eternal freedom from death and misery. By belonging to God, we belong to someone who sees us as his valued children, adopted into his royal family (see Adoption).

No one is richer than God because everything belongs to him.
Job 12:13, 16; 25:2; 41:11
Psalm 47:9; 95:4-5; 115:16
The Israelites belonged to God as his servants.
Leviticus 25:55
God declares what belongs to whom.
Joshua 18:1-10
Salvation belongs to God, and those who believe in Jesus Christ for salvation belong to the Lord.
John 15:19
Romans 14:8
Revelation 7:10; 19:1
The secret things belong to the Lord, but what God reveals belongs to us.
Deuteronomy 29:29