Promise 41 Gen. 17:8

Gen. 17:8 - "I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." There is a purpose in that emphasis. The land of Canaan does not belong to the Canaanites or to anyone else, the land belongs to God. When God says that He will be the God of the Israelites, He is saying, "You have no reason to worry because the land is not theirs (Canaanites) to choose what to do with, it is not in their power to have a say in this, the land belongs to Me." All of what we have belongs to Him. We have no need to fret about holding onto or losing possessions or land, because it all belongs to Him. Because we belong to Him too, it is not our say what happens to us, because we belong to Him. By belonging, I'm not saying we should live in helplessness at the mercy of an angry God. Not at all, belonging to God means, we belong to His family, we are under His care, He takes responsibility for our wellbeing. He doesn't exercise His right to us for His own gain, He sovereignly exercises His right to us for ours; so that we may gain the Father's love. He is our God, hold on loosely to what you believe is yours and tightly to the One who you KNOW is yours.