Temptation uses everyone. Because if it uses Paul, guilty will be the world before God. Strugglers are tempted to multiply their fortune, lazy people to remain unharmed, and those who sleep to prepare to wake up, those who have lost God, to find it; those who are near to remain near. The Son without practice in (managing creation) shall not receive the richness of His Father’s House. Thus, God first put’s man to the test and after shows him His Grace. Praised be the Lord, who by bitter medicine brings us a delightful health.

(Translation from Sfântul Isaac Sirul, Cuvinte despre nevoință, Editura Bunavestire, Bacău, 1997, p. 226)