Read Scripture: Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1-4
Songs: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,
How Great Thou Art, This is My Father’s World,
God is the creator of the entire world – and everything in it: air, water, plants, fish, animals…and people! This big round world we live on is GOD’S creative masterpiece. Have you seen something you think is especially beautiful in this world? What is it? God is so good!
Before God made the Earth, there was no light – everything was dark. There was nothing to see, and no light to see it by.
When God finished creating the world, it was perfect. Even the people God had created were perfect at first – they had not sinned yet or done anything to make God unhappy. He had made a man – Adam – and a woman – Eve – to live in the beautiful Garden of Eden. They lived there with all the animals, and when God looked at all He had made, He thought everything was very good!
Discuss:
- What did the world look like in the very beginning? (It was dark and not formed into land)
- Even though the Earth wasn’t formed, was God there?
- Who made the world, everything in it, and even us?
- For older kids, you can point out that in Genesis 1, we have the first mention of the Trinity (make man in our image) in the Bible!