Satan's goal is to get believers off God's path. He hates where we're going because he knows there's peace there, he know's there's forgiveness and joy there...he know's what the end is. We're going to heaven and it's his main agenda to attract us off the right path onto the wrong one with things he knows will entice us. Often we like to excuse these detours with the famous saying...the devil made me do it. Keep in mind, the devil can't make us do anything we aren't willing to do. Only God has that kind of power but He won't exercise it because He wants us to make the choice.