David Diga Hernandez - Holy Spirit: The Hidden Dove

Well, I’m excited to share with you this fresh revelation from the Word that the Lord has given to me, and it’s concerning those seasons in our lives where we sense a distance between us and the Lord. There are times in your life when you will feel that God has distanced Himself from you, but rest assured that is only a feeling. The Holy Spirit abides with us; He does not leave us. Still, even though the Lord does not really leave us or distance Himself from us, He does have a hiding nature. I want to talk to you about the three reasons why God will hide. We’re going to be discussing that in this edition of Spirit Church. But first, Steven Moctezuma is here; he’s going to lead you in some anointed worship. Worship with him, and then we’re going to get right back into this lesson. Here is Steven Moctezuma.

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I want to talk to you about the hiding nature of the Holy Spirit. I call Him the hidden dove, and I’m going to show you in the Song of Solomon where we find the Holy Spirit’s hiding nature revealed. First, I want to read a scripture to you so that you understand that all prayer, all seeking, all worship—everything that connects you and the Lord—is birthed by the Holy Spirit. It’s inspired; it’s invoked by the Holy Spirit. The scripture says in Psalms, chapter 27, verse 8, «My heart has heard you say, 'Come and talk with me, ' and my heart responds, 'Lord, I am coming.'» First, the Lord will call unto you, and then you are summoned into prayer. The Royal invitation comes first; every time you’ve had a desire to pray, it was an invitation from the Lord, for all spiritual desires come from the Holy Spirit. So, when you have a desire in your heart to seek the Lord, when you sense that gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit pressing you into places of prayer, know that He is drawing you closer. The Holy Spirit must invite you into the depths of God’s presence before you can go. You may say, «There are times when I desire to be in God’s presence, and I don’t think the Holy Spirit has spoken to me.» The truth is that the desire itself is the Holy Spirit drawing you, for without Him, we have no spiritual desires whatsoever.

Now, looking to the Song of Solomon, I found the person of the Holy Spirit, and He is represented symbolically. In the Song of Solomon, there is a conversation between two lovers—a man and a woman. The young man represents Christ, and the young woman represents the Church. It is a prophetic parallel for Christ and the Church. The Holy Spirit actually appears a few times in the Song of Solomon. First, in Song of Solomon, chapter 8, verses 6 and 7, the scripture says, «Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame. Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it.» The Holy Spirit here is the unquenchable fire of God’s love; fire is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is also found in Song of Solomon, chapter 4, verse 16, where the scripture says, «Awake, North wind; rise up, South wind; blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Come into your garden, my love; taste its finest fruits.» The Holy Spirit is also represented in scripture by wind, and here, the Holy Spirit is the alluring wind that spreads around the fragrance that brings together those who love each other.

To my point in this lesson, the Holy Spirit is also found in the Song of Solomon, chapter 2, verse 14. Remember, the young man represents Christ, and the young woman represents the Church. The young man tells the young woman in Song of Solomon, chapter 2, verse 14, «My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice, for your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely.» He is saying that the dove is hiding, and he uses this language to try to draw the young woman to come and seek after him. Notice here that the young man, who represents Christ, has a longing to be with the young woman, who represents the Church—or you. He says this repeated again: «Let me see your face; let me hear your voice, for your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely.» We often use this kind of language in worship songs to express our adoration of the Lord, but did you know that the Lord desires to be in your presence just as you desire to be in His? Again, the communication here—the language being used here—is the dove in the rocks. Christ is saying that He is giving the Holy Spirit to the Church. This means that the Holy Spirit has a hiding nature. In fact, other scriptures point to this hiding nature of the dove, which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Jeremiah, chapter 48, verse 28 says, «You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in the caves; hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rocks.» Here we see again that doves have a hiding nature. In fact, in the Book of Psalms, the Israelites were said to have found treasures in plunder, among which they found doves. Psalms, chapter 68, verse 13 says, «Even those who lived among the sheepfold found treasures: doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold.» So, treasure is something that is found; here again, we see that the dove has a hidden nature.

Now, the Holy Spirit never leaves you; let me make that very clear. But He does hide, and what I mean by that is, though He abides near you, sometimes He makes that unobvious. Sometimes He makes it seem as though He is not near, and He does this for three reasons. But before I give you those three reasons, let me give you one more verse to demonstrate that God does have a hiding nature. Isaiah, chapter 45, verse 15, says, «Verily, Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.» So, why does He hide Himself? Number one, He hides Himself to draw you. Simply put, He hides because He wants to be sought.