our enemy works hardest when we're closest to God's promise
from the book of James
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. And let your perseverance be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives all to generously and ungrudingly, and he will be given it. But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.
Blessed is the man that perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that He promised to those who love Him.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell to you things great beyond the reach of your knowledge.
Sincerely,
a servant under fire, on the front lines