In Genesis 15, Abraham voiced a deep concern to God: “Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?” His worry was not just about inheritance but about the fulfillment of God’s promise. Abraham wondered if the heir of promise would come through someone born in his house—a servant, a product of human arrangement. Yet God made it clear that the true heir would come from Abraham’s own body, born through faith, not flesh. This distinction between what is born “in the house” and what is born “of Abraham” reveals the central message of redemption—salvation is not achieved by human effort but by divine intervention. When Abraham believed God, “it was counted to him for righteousness,” prefiguring the faith by which we too are justified through Christ, the promised Seed. As Paul wrote in Galatians 3:16, “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made… and to thy seed, which is Christ.” Ishmael, born of the flesh, represented human attempts to fulfill divine promises, but Isaac, the child of promise, pointed to Jesus, born of the Spirit. Likewise, many today settle for “born-in-the-house” solutions—self-made plans and earthly substitutes—when God is calling us to trust His miraculous power. The same Spirit who brought forth life in Sarah’s barren womb brought forth Jesus through the virgin Mary, proving that nothing is too hard for the Lord. As Abraham looked to the stars and believed, we too must lift our eyes and trust in the divine seed, Jesus Christ, our righteousness and shield. Let us refuse the fleshly solutions of Eliezer or Ishmael and cling to the promise fulfilled in Christ, the true Seed through whom all nations are blessed.