What gives us our boldness and what do we do with it when we have it? Hebrews 8-10

Hebrews 10:35-36
" Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised."

Apparently, there was a temptation in the church during the time of the writing of this great book, to quit!   To toss in the towel of the Christian faith.   It would seem that the date of the book, 60 or 70 A.D., would correspond with the persecution of Nero on the church and the burning of Christians, or the tossing them to lions for sport.   If we knew we had a prospect of being burnt alive or being tossed to lions, would we continue to serve Christ and proclaim publicly our faith toward Him?   The writer is telling the readers to not cast away that boldness they once demonstrated, even though the present suffering is worse.   The reason?  Because the same God who saved them and enabled them in the past will do so in the present and future and will come through with His promises ... all of them.   We are to not given in and give up because we have a God who makes promises and delivers them to His children, despite the circumstances we might sense, feel, see or be told.   God keeps His promises and therefore, no matter what the issues, we can continue to be bold.  We are not bold because circumstances are correct.   We are bold because He is faithful.  We are not bold and willing to fight to the end because WE are somehow great people.   We are bold because HE is faithful to what He said He would do.    We are to continue to do the will of God (obedience to what we know He told us to do).  Our boldness, however, is not sourced in our obedience.  Our obedience is sourced in our boldness and our boldness is sourced in His faithfulness.   So, we, by faith, believe God will keep His promises.  That gives us a sense of boldness in the midst of turmoil or suffering or conflict.   Despite all that suffering, that gives us the strength, ability and motivation to do His will.   If we throw away our boldness it is because we fail to have faith that He will keep His promises.   If we throw away our boldness (cease to believe He will keep His promises) we will cease to obey Him.   We are tempted in this life to give up and give in when things don't go our way or things don't go our way in a comfortable manner or in a way we understand.   Yet, these believers were threatened with hostile and life-ending circumstances, not minor inconvenient situations.    Despite the severity of the threat, the answer for them and for us is the same ... faithfulness in the character of God to keep His promises despite those threats, which will produces a feeling of boldness, which will enable us to obey.   It comes down to our faith in the character of God.