When I was a child I was pure in heart and mind
As the years went past, I left childlike ways behind
When I learned of Jesus, I knew I’d found the way
I wanted to be more like Him every single day
So I read the Holy Bible, every single word
I got to know Him more, with everything I’d learned
But knowledge and wisdom failed to light the flame
Instead I found something that knowledge can’t explain
Like a child I must become humble
Like a child I’ll draw near to Him
Like a child I’ll enter the kingdom
Like a child I’m free of sin
As a child there is understanding
As a child I’m born again
As a child I will find greatness
But I must become like a child again
And so began my journey on the straight and narrow road
I wanted to follow Jesus along the path that I must go
So I filled my mind and soul with God’s Holy Word
But I wrapped myself in law until the truth became a blur
I thought I knew it all because of everything I’d read
I thought I knew the way, but I had been mislead
When everything seemed clear, that’s when I failed to see
A simple truth, so profound, it drags me to my knees
Like a child I must become humble
Like a child I’ll draw near to Him
Like a child I’ll enter the kingdom
Like a child I’m free of sin
As a child there is understanding
As a child I’m born again
As a child I will find greatness
But I must become like a child again
Like a child I must become humble
Like a child I’ll draw near to Him
Like a child I’ll enter the kingdom
Like a child I’m free of sin
As a child there is understanding
As a child I’m born again
As a child I will find greatness
But I must become like a child again
Like a child
I must be born again
credits
from There's a Light,
released January 17, 2018
words and music by Richard Pratt
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