Hey Watermark, Easter weekend at Watermark is right around the corner and we want to celebrate with you.

We're hosting a good Friday service on Friday, April 18th at 12 p.m.

And we will offer four Easter services this year on Saturday, April 19th at 3 and 5 p.m.

And on Sunday, April 20th at 9 and 1115 a.m.

If you remember, we'd love if you would consider attending

a Saturday service to make more room for guests on Sunday. We cannot wait to celebrate our risen

Savior with our church family. More information is available at watermark.org slash Easter. We can't

wait to see you there. All right, all right. Join the Journey family, friends, and guests. You're listening to Join the Journey

podcast with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. We are in the final stretch of Second

Samuel, chapters 22 through 24. And if you read these chapters and thought, why is God so angry? You're not

alone. Chapter 22, it's basically David's mic drop moment at the end of his life. He's singing the song.

It's basically Psalm 18, actually. He's looking back at everything God has done, all the battles,

the enemies, the rescues, and what's his takeaway?

He says, the Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

That's chapter 22, verse 2.

David was a man who knows or who knew who saved him, not just physically.

David's also talking about God who rescued him from himself as well,

from his sin, his pride. And it's paramount we understand his perspective because it sets us up for this tension that really explodes in chapter 24, which is where things get a little wild. Chapter 24, verse one, we read, again, the anger of the Lord,

the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying,

go number Israel and Judah. But why was God angry? The text doesn't explicitly say what Israel

did, yet we've seen this pattern before, right? Rebellion, compromise, idolatry. This anger wasn't

just about David's personal pride. It was something deeper in the nation.

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