God's Promises Overcome All Obstacles: When God makes a promise, we can count on it. When God gave Ahaz a promise that his Kingdom would not fall to his enemies, Ahaz wavered. When God invited him to ask a sign, Ahaz demonstrated his hypocrisy by refusing to do so, and the Lord responded with the prophecy that a virgin would conceive. God also makes it clear that when we refuse to believe his promises, and make bad alliances, we will pay the price.