God allows temptations so that they might rouse to remember Him. When we call
upon Him, He acts as though He does not hear us so that we multiply our supplications
and cry out His Holy name, in fear of the various passions.
Then, through the pain of the entreaties, our heart is sanctified, and through experience
we learn the weakness of our lame nature. Thus we realize in practice that without
God's help we are not able to do anything.
Counsels from the Holy Mountain- Trials and Temptations pg 253chapter 12
Elder Ephraim