From Nothing or from Someone?
Month 1: In the Beginning — Knowing God · Why We Believe
Today's Scripture
Read together: Psalm 19:1–4 & Romans 1:20
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, 4 their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun. — Psalm 19:1–4
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. — Romans 1:20
Memory Verse
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”— Genesis 1:1 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Genesis 8–11
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Day 3 of 365 — the flood ends and the nations spread.)The Heart of It
Some people say the whole universe came from nothing. They say that with enough time, everything simply made itself. But that is not what we see. And it is not how we live. A painting points to a painter. A song points to a songwriter. The Bible says that creation itself is shouting a message: "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork" (). Day after day, sunrise after sunrise, the sky keeps preaching. It never uses a single word. Yet it keeps telling us that Someone wonderful made all of this.
Paul makes it even clearer in . God's "invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made." You can't see God with your eyes. But you can see signs of Him everywhere. You see Him in stars and snails. You see Him in your own hands. You see Him in the way the whole world holds together. So the real question is not "nothing or something?" The real question is "from nothing, or from Someone?" Today we choose Someone. We choose the good God of . And we learn to read His signature all over the world He made.
Around the Table
When you see a sandcastle, you know someone built it! When we see the sky and the trees, we know Someone built them too. That Someone is God!
Let's do it: Look out a window and shout, "The sky says God is great!"
Paint needs a painter. A cake needs a baker. The whole world needs a Maker. What part of creation makes you say "Wow, God!"?
Let's talk: How does the sky "talk" about God without using any words?
Things that have order, beauty, and design point to a designer. They do not point to an accident. The Bible says creation makes God plain to see. Why is that good news?
Let's go deeper: Say a friend tells you the universe just popped into existence on its own. What gentle question could you ask back?
💬 Conversation Starter
What is the most amazing thing in nature you have ever seen with your own eyes? And how does it point you to the One who made it?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
When someone says: "How do you know God made the world? Maybe it just happened on its own." You could kindly answer like this. "Everywhere we look, made-things point to a maker. A watch points to a watchmaker. A story points to an author. The universe has order, design, and beauty far greater than any watch. So it makes more sense that a Designer made it than that it built itself from nothing. The Bible even says creation 'clearly' shows there is a God ()." Say it gently, and say it with a smile. tells us to give our answer "with gentleness and respect." We respect the person even as we share the truth.
For Dad · Go Deeper
The classic "design argument" makes sense even to small children. Nobody believes a cake baked itself. But your kids will soon hear that science has "explained away" the need for God. It hasn't. Science describes how things work. It cannot tell us why there is anything at all, or why the universe is so finely tuned for life. Teach your children the difference between two kinds of science. There is observational science, which is testable and repeatable. And there are claims about the unobserved past, which no one watched happen. Believers and skeptics often look at the same evidence and read it through different starting assumptions. Your job is not to win arguments. Your job is to give your kids confidence that faith is reasonable, and to model a father who isn't rattled by a hard question.
Draws on: Natasha Crain, Talking with Your Kids about God.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You that the whole world points to You. Open our eyes to see You in the sky and in our own hands. And help us tell others kindly that You are real. In Jesus' name, amen."
Creation isn't an accident waiting to be explained. It's a message saying, "God made me."