AC 8179 - the Lord is the One always fighting on our behalf

AC 8179
Why criest thou unto Me? (Exodus 15)
That this signifies that there was no need of intercession,
... for liberation from temptation.
... and therefore it follows,
"speak unto the sons of Israel, that they go forward,"
by which is signified that they shall have aid,
but that still the temptation will be continued,
even until they are prepared.

[2] As to there being no need of intercession, the case is this.
They who are in temptations are wont to slack their hands
and betake themselves solely to prayers, which they then ardently pour forth,
not knowing that prayers will not avail,
but that they must fight against the falsities and evils
which are being injected by the hells.
This fight is performed by means of the truths of faith,
which help because they confirm goods and truths
against falsities and evils. Moreover in the combats of temptations,
the man ought to fight as of himself,
but yet acknowledge and believe that it is of the Lord.
If man does not fight as of himself,
the good and truth which flow in through heaven from the Lord
are not appropriated to him;
but when he fights as of himself, and still believes that it is of the Lord,
then they are appropriated to him.
From this he has an own [proprium] that is new,
which is called the heavenly own, and which is a new will.

[3] ...the prayers of those who are in temptations are but little heard;
for the Lord wills the end, which is the salvation of the man,
which end He knows, but not the man;
and the Lord does not heed prayers that are contrary to the end,
which is salvation.
He who conquers in temptations is also confirmed in the truth stated above;
whereas he who does not conquer entertains a doubt
with respect to the Divine aid and power,
because he is not heard; and then sometimes,
because he slacks his hand, he partly yields.