- A soldier who casts away his shield in battle commits a crime punishable by death.
- Your confidence is not “taken” it is “given” away through the weight of life’s problems.
- Your reward is literally a recompense or payment in kind; holding your confidence
brings a reward of more confidence.
- You have need of endurance, cheerful and hopeful patience.
- Receiving is God’s design of “carrying off” the promise.