Why is object reference not set to an instance?

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private Text text;
private LyricList lineList = new LyricList();
private InputField inputField;
private string newState;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {

		// Get the text child object from the Canvas
		text = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<Text> ();
		// Get the input field child object from the Canvas
		inputField = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<InputField> ();
		//CreateAssetMenuAttribute our Lyric List
		lineList.CreateList ();

		text.text = "Please reassemble the song lyrics!

" + instructions + "

Start guessing to begin!

";

	}

Here is a snippet of my code. I am receiving an error on the text.text line saying “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” Any help would be appreciated.

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Is it inactive? text = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<Text> (true); this would find it if it is. Also Start() isn’t the best for setting up references. Try Awake() instead.