Police academies are known to involve rigorous physical and mental tests in their curriculum to ensure that recruits are prepared for the harshness of life as an officer. A recent Facebook video posted by one Indiana academy, however, shows a less intimidating (but no less difficult) exercise used to gauge recruits' discipline of focus. The challenge was for recruits to stand at attention and not break their intent focus in the midst of a particularly strong distraction—a rubber chicken.

The Facebook video shows a series of tough-faced young men and women who are one by one tested by the abrupt and awkward noise of a rubber chicken being squeezed next to their ear or in front of their face. Some pass the test and are able to stare straight ahead without blinking, while a good number of others can't help themselves and crack a smile or even a laugh—earning them a round of pushups. The Facebook post titled the exercise: "The Chicken Test—Designed to test a cadet's demeanor, focus and sense of humor! Not bad …"

Potential Preaching Angles: Life is full of distractions that Satan will use to try to keep our hearts from focusing on God.