Maya will have a test (anarthas) proportionate to our advancement which is even more difficult to overcome. We therefore need strength. There is a verse that says (Cc. Antya 1.2): “My path is very difficult. I am blind, and my feet are slipping again and again. Therefore, may the saints help me by granting me the stick of their mercy as my support.” As a devotee advances in Krishna consciousness, there will be many obstacles, adversities, and even sometimes major upheavals in his life. By seeing others overcome upheavals by their rigid determination to be engaged in the service of the Lord, it gives us strength to go on.
LFD Vol 3,Overcoming Maya’s Tests, Pg 122, 6th paragraph