As I continued thinking about prayer, my desire to catch a fish, and my wrestling with whether I wanted His help in the matter, I came to the conclusion that what I really wanted was to do this thing on my own. I don't want to be a robot that is completely programmed to do only what it is programmed to do. There is something in me that wants to do some things without anyone's help, not because of rebelliousness, not because I don't want God in my life, but because he made me in His image. He is the Creator and in a small way he put that creative aspect of Himself in me. He gave Adam a garden and was given the responsibility to tend it.
Responsibility requires the ability to act independently.
If every time I went fishing God told me when He was going to put a fish on the end of the line for me, I would eventually lose the joy of fishing. A child who is not allowed to make decisions, or mistakes because his parents direct every moment of his life, will grow up hating those parents because he was never allowed to live for himself. He lived out their lives. I would like to catch a fish, but I don't want you to intervene. I felt I was growing up.