When Ahaz was King of Judah, the neighboring kings of Israel and Aram conspired to overthrow him. Ahaz was terrified. God sent Isaiah the prophet to tell him this:
"It won't happen. Nothing will come of it because the capital of Aram is Damascus and the king of Damascus is a mere man, Rezin. As for Ephraim (Israel), in sixty-five years it will be rubble, nothing left of it. The capital of Ephraim is Samaria, and the king of Samaria is the mere son of Remaliah. If you don't take your stand in faith, you won't have a leg to stand on."
Isaiah 7:7-9
God told Ahaz that nothing would come of this threat, but Ahaz still had to have faith that it would come to pass exactly like God said it would (and it did). That is what is meant by taking your stand in faith. When God makes a promise in the Bible, these promises still apply to us today. If we have faith, these promises will come to pass for us as well.
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