A good well-adjusted Christian is he who gazes upon and follows hard after the One who has called and chosen him.
Distraction comes too easily. The taking up of The Cross and following Him is the organic result of obedience, and that quality of obedience is supernatural. It must be powered.
He is the source of all Power, and so many forget this fact. There can be no walking on the water without His Presence, and in order to be able to see that He is standing with His hand outstretched, there must be the fresh taking in of His Word and communion with Him in prayer.
So many love to sing and wave their hands in the air, but often those same enthusiasts are caught in the snare of their own watery or even non-existent prayer lives.
Soldier of The Cross, the Christian life is not a gauntlet. It is an open, free and protected place. A Person.
Set your course on Him and nothing else.