The Heart of a Child

In the heart of a child lie qualities rare

An eagerness to learn yet without despair
Wonderment at the ways of life quite unique
And a willingness to explore all the ground ‘neath their feet
A trusting heart and a ready smile
These too lay within the heart of a child

But once in a while a child’s heart is torn
He is hurt in his soul and his spirit is forlorn
He turns into a skeptic, his heart in pieces, broken
All this is because of the lies Satan has spoken
“God is dead,” he’s been told, “he doesn’t exist
“You’re all alone now,” and there goes his bliss

This in very tale I speak of a child, ‘tis true
But this could very easily be me or you
For each of us is the child of the King
He made us and bought us His praises to sing
But our enemy lies and brings us such doubt
He puts cracks in our armor and drains our faith out

We’ve neglected the upkeep our spirit deserves
Forgotten our prayer time and shelved God’s word
When we came to Jesus, we trusted with such joy
But along the way our ‘childlikeness’ became void
We hastened to ‘grow-up’ and be more mature
But, we did it ‘our way’ not His, that’s for sure

When we act ‘all grown up’ we forget who’s the Boss
We allow Satan to run rampant within all our thoughts
He whispers such innocent sounding things in our ears
But that we actually believe him is the thing that I fear
For Satan is a liar and the father of all lies
By listening to him he steals all of our joy by and by.

But Jesus will forgive our mistakes and our sins
We have to repent and allow His presence back in
He will clean up our heart and restore all our faith
When we’ve repented He floods us again with His grace
He restores our childlike nature and all those qualities rare
He renews our wonderment and removes all despair

Again we come unto Him again with the heart of a child
Our spirits will be trusting and our face filled with smiles
He will open our eyes if we ask Him to see
All the disguises of Satan and the attacks that may be
Jesus will also teach us to stand firm and strong
So that when time is over we’ll be a part of His throng

So hold your childlike nature deep in your heart
And stay close to Jesus, let Him never depart
Let Him sing songs of Heaven by a whisper in your ear
So the attacks of Satan you won’t easily hear
And when you see others of Jesus in despair
Direct them into His arms for a dose of His loving care