David Diga Hernandez - A Major Sign God is Testing You Right Now

I want to share something with you that will help you continue strong in your walk with God as you face difficult seasons. Many believers aren’t aware that the Holy Spirit has a hiding nature. Now, when I say that he has a hiding nature, I do not mean that he abandons you, but Jesus said, «I will give you another, and he will never leave you.» The Holy Spirit doesn’t abandon you; the Holy Spirit doesn’t reject you. Many believers imagine that if they make a mistake, the Holy Spirit flees at the first sign of that mistake. Well, you have to ask yourself: if you believe that, why would God take from you your only power to be holy as a punishment for not being holy? That is a performance-based legalistic perspective on the Holy Spirit. It is to think of him in terms of religion and law, and we imagine that our performance determines his presence when it doesn’t. Your performance does not determine his presence in your life, but these truths that I want to give you concerning the Holy Spirit and his hiding nature can help you be established even against the most severe trials in your life. The Holy Spirit does not abandon you; he does not reject you; he does not leave you when you make a mistake. The Holy Spirit abides faithfully with you; he’s the indwelling presence of God—the deposit on your life marking you forever, indicating that you belong to God. The Holy Spirit abides, and if we understand the hiding nature of the Holy Spirit (again, not that he abandons us), we can have a better grasp of what God is doing in certain seasons of our lives. Because like it or not, there are seasons when you feel like God is a million miles away; there are seasons when you feel like nothing is working in your favor; there are seasons when you feel like even the hand of God is against you, as if God has just left you to the attacks of the enemy. Luke 3:20–21 says, «One day, when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened, and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, 'You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy! '» The presence of the Holy Spirit in Scripture is often symbolized in the form of a dove. That symbolism doesn’t mean the Holy Spirit is a dove; it just means that is one of the symbols of his presence. As we look at Scripture, we see that, according to the Bible, doves have various traits. For example, the dove is considered innocent (see Matthew 10:16). The dove is considered pure (see Leviticus 14:22). In Nahum 2:7, we see that it is in the nature of doves to mourn and grieve. Not the Holy Spirit— the gentle dove. Yes, the Holy Spirit is a gentleman. Of course, he’ll surprise you; it is his nature to come upon the scene suddenly, as we saw in the book of Acts. Of course, there is great force behind his power; of course, he is strong; of course, he speaks sternly, firmly, and sometimes with righteous indignation. But the Holy Spirit is also gentle. How do you know? Or what’s one of the fruits of the Spirit? Gentleness. How can he give gentleness if he doesn’t have any? The Holy Spirit is gentle. That doesn’t mean he’s dull or boring; it just means he’s gentle. There is a certain class about him; there is a certain air of royalty about his presence. True moves of the Holy Spirit have a particular elegance and beauty to them. There is a beauty and an elegance to the power of the Holy Spirit. Now, let’s look at the Holy Spirit’s presence briefly in the Song of Solomon. I’ll show you several things here. The Holy Spirit appears a few times in the Song of Solomon symbolically; he is the unquenchable fire of God’s love for us (you can see that in Song of Solomon 8:6-7). Of course, that is a reference to the symbol of fire. He is the sweet and alluring wind that draws the two lovers together (that is Song of Solomon 4:16). That wind is what fans into flame that love that we have, that union with Christ (in Song of Solomon 2:14). The young man tells the young woman, «My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff.» Now, this is not directly talking about the Holy Spirit, of course, because the young man is calling the young woman the dove. But what the Scripture reveals about doves in that verse is that doves have a hiding nature. In Jeremiah 48:28, let me show you something else: «You people of Moab, flee from your towns and live in caves; hide like doves that nest in the clefts of the rock.» So, the doves would nest, and they would hide. That is in the nature of the dove to do so. We see that, of course, in Scripture revealed in the Book of Psalms. The Israelites were said to have found treasures in plunder (Psalm 68:13). Even those who lived among the sheepfolds found treasures—doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold. So, in the symbolism of who the Holy Spirit is, we find that one of his traits is that hiding nature. Now, what do I mean by that hiding nature? Again, I emphasize I am not saying that he leaves you, and if anybody tells you that is what I said, they…