fear

Something occurred to me today while reading Erwin McManus' book The Barbarian Way. The Bible says that once we become followers of Jesus Christ that we do not need to live in fear of death because death has been conquered by Jesus' resurrection. But we have a tendency to continue living a life of fear. However what we often fear is not death but life itself. As Christians we live in fear of what it would mean to really live a life completely sold out to God. We talk about, we dream about it, we read and write books about it, but we are afraid to actually live that way.

How can I begin living a life that overcomes that fear and simply live a life completely abandoned for my Lord?