Hope Is Anchored In Reality

 For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways." Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."

Psalm 95:10-11 (ESV)
 
Those who do not know God's ways are doomed to failure. This is not something said lightly or judgmentally, but a statement of fact. We are doomed if we live in the context of our false hopes rather than placing our hopes in reality.
 
Real hope is anchored in reality, and all reality starts with the knowledge of God. Those who ignore God live delusional lives where depression, anxiety, anger, and narcissism are the norm rather than the exception.
 
When someone thinks incorrectly, they act incorrectly, and the only way to make their actions right is to make what is wrong normal. They often do this by creating a community that agrees with them. Yet, no matter how many votes "normal" gets, that which is right will continue to be right, even with no votes.