You got to give God something to work with

A father took his 6-year-old son fishing. Arriving at their favorite fishing hole, they put in the line and went to the cabin. An hour later, they went down to the river to see if they had caught anything. Sure enough, there were several fish on the line. The boy said, “Daddy, I knew we would catch fish.”

The father asked, “How did you know?”

He replied, “Because I prayed about it.”

So they baited the hooks again, put out the line and walked back to the cabin for supper. Later in the evening, they went back to the river. Again there were fish on the line. The boy said, with excitement, “I knew it.” The dad said, “How?” “I prayed again,” the boy said.

They put the line back into the water and went back to the cabin. Before going to bed, the father and son went to the river. This time there were no fish.

The boy said, “I knew there wouldn't be any fish,” and the father asked, “How did you know?”

The son responded, “Because I didn't pray this time.”

The father inquired, “Well, why didn't you pray?”

The 6-year-old said, “Because I remembered that we forgot to bait the hooks.”

The Rev. Paul Killingsworth serves as pastor at Yuma First Assembly.