Who Made the First Maker?
Month 2: Does God Exist? · Heart Matters
Today's Scripture
Read together: Isaiah 40:28
28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Memory Verse
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”— Genesis 1:1 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Romans 14–16
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Paul urges believers to welcome one another and not judge over small things.)The Heart of It
Sooner or later every thoughtful child asks the question. And it's a good question. "If God made everything, then who made God?" It's so honest that Isaiah answered it long ago. He wrote that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, never faints and is never weary. Did you catch the word everlasting? It means God had no beginning. He was never made. He never started. He was never switched on. That's not a dodge. It's the whole point. Everything we see needed a cause, because everything we see had a beginning. But God is not a made-thing in the line of made-things. He is the One the whole line hangs from.
Think of it like this. Imagine a long row of dominoes. Each one is knocked over by the one before it. You could keep asking, "What knocked that one over?" forever. But the row only makes sense if there was a first hand. And that hand was not itself a domino. God is the Hand, not a domino. Asking "Who made God?" is a little like asking "What's north of the North Pole?" The question runs out before the answer does. And here's the heart part. A God who never began, never tires, and never runs out is exactly the kind of God you can lean your whole weight on. He won't faint when you're afraid. He won't run out of strength when you need Him at midnight.
Around the Table
God was never a baby. He never got made. He has always, always been! And He never gets tired.
Let's do it: Count as high as you can. Numbers go on forever, right? God is even bigger than that. He has no start and no end!
Everything we see had a beginning, so it needed a cause. But God had no beginning, so He doesn't need a maker.
Let's talk: God never gets tired or runs out of strength (). Why is that good news?
"Who made God?" assumes God is a created thing. But God is uncreated and eternal. He is the necessary First Cause that everything else depends on.
Let's go deeper: Imagine everything needed a maker. Then the maker needed a maker, and that maker too. You'd never stop. Why does a self-existent God actually solve the problem instead of dodging it?
💬 Conversation Starter
What's something that seems to go on forever? Maybe a hallway of mirrors, or a number you keep counting. God is the only One who truly has no beginning and no end.
🛡️ Defending the Faith
Sometimes someone says, "Well, who made God then?" Smile and answer, "Great question! The Bible says God is everlasting. He was never made (). Only things that begin need a maker, and God never began. He's the uncreated One everything else came from." Asking who made the eternal God is like asking what's north of the North Pole. Keep it warm and curious. We answer "with gentleness and respect" ().
For Dad · Go Deeper
This is where a lot of dads freeze, so settle it now. God is not the biggest item inside the chain of causes. He is the eternal, self-existent ground outside the chain. He is "the One who is" (), uncaused by definition. Saying "the universe is eternal so it needs no cause" doesn't work, because the evidence says the universe began. But saying "God is eternal so He needs no cause" fits, because God by nature has no beginning. Tony Evans reminds us that a father's job isn't to have flawless answers. It's to model a steady, worshipful confidence in a God big enough to handle the question. Let your kids see you enjoy their hard questions rather than fear them. A dad who isn't rattled raises kids who aren't either.
Draws on: Tony Evans, Kingdom Man; and .
Let's Pray Together
"Everlasting God, You never began. You never grow tired. Thank You that we can lean our whole weight on You, day or night. Help our hearts rest in the God who made it all. In Jesus' name, amen."
God was never made. He is the everlasting One the whole world rests on.