Will Obstacles Stop You?

Here at the Honor Academy, we have a 400 acre campus which means we have lots and lots of woods to explore (we call it the back 40)!  I went for a walk to get away and spend some time with the Lord.  Typically when you venture out into the back 40 you tend to reference everything to scripture or to God, it just happens!  I was walking along and as I walked I came across some areas that were slightly difficult or annoying to go through.  For example, the pathway is covered in thorns or there is a tree in the middle of the path.  As I continued I decided that no matter what came in my path I was not going to turn around or backtrack to get around it.  Be careful what you say because God may put it to the test.  About a minute after I said that, I came face to face with this pond.
This pond had dirty water, there were bubbles surfacing all over the place meaning something lives in it!  It didn't seem deep but how can you tell with nasty water?  I kept looking all around trying to find a way to get out of crossing this pond but looking to the left and to the right wasn't an encouragement.  The only way to get around would be to backtrack  but I had just said that I wasn't going to do that.  I was so intimidated by this little dirty pond to the point that I saw a log and thought it was a crocodile!  Paranoid? I think so!!  For 15 minutes I stared at this pond praying and asking God to give me a new way to get across.  Finally I focused soley on the exact spot on the other side that my foot would hit dry land.  I didn't look around me I just looked straight ahead and before I could even realize what happened I was standing on the other side wet.
How difficult do we make things on ourselves when we look around at the "what if's?"  What if there is a snake in here?  What if I catch a disease from this nasty water? What if that log turns into a crocodile?  How much easier are things when we look ahead to the final goal?  I learned that when you set your eyes on the goal and go for it, you will be standing on the other side in no time wondering why it took you so long to jump in the water.