اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

Quran (8 : 24). Allah SWT knows we have a nafs and a heart. He knows that these things drive us. However He tells us that He is closer to us than even these. Quran (50 : 16). So when we reach other than Him, we are not only reaching for what is weaker, we are also reaching past what is closer, for what is further and more distant. Subhanallah. 

So since this is our nature, as Allah SWT knows best, He protects and redirects us by keeping all other doors of refuge closed during the storm. He knows that behind each false door is a drop. And if we enter it, we will fall. In His mercy, He keeps those false doors closed.