Alright, who's the line leader today?

I've sat down a few times trying to come up with another post, to no avail. I'm not sure why I can't get the next thing out of my head. There's plenty bouncing around up there right now. Maybe that's the problem. Too many thoughts all jostling around, like kids all trying to be first in line. Among the things are:

1. I'm becoming more convinced that we're called to actively pursue a lifestyle of righteousness. While this seems obvious, my thinking on this has been more 'let God work in His time' rather than 'purposefully driven'. There's also pitfalls on both sides.
2. Worry and fear. Over the last month, God has been showing me this message from multiple sources. I live in fear. I fear what people will think, what my family or wife or co-workers will think. I fear failure. It's paralyzing. God is not a God of fear. Such tactics are from Satan to they keep us from realizing God's blessings.
3. This fear in my life keeps me from performing one of the basic job duties as a follower of Jesus, and that is to confront and challenge other Christians in love. We here in America have this unfortunate social convention of "Who the h@!! are you to tell me what to do or how to live?!?" But as followers of Jesus, we're expected to speak words of correction into each other's lives. Fear of offending, however, has prevented me from doing so when I know it is for that person's best good.

So I may get around to posting more full thoughts on each of these in the next week or so, if I can get them separated enough to develop them. Is there one you want or need to here? Leave me a comment and let me know.