So that’s step one: pick your god. Step two? Try your best to appease it. As I mentioned before, gods in the polytheistic pantheon are powerful, but they are not all-powerful—which means they have needs. And if they have needs, they can be bribed; or, to put it more charitably, they can be bartered with. I can give the god something of value. And maybe if I do that, the god will not be so oblivious to my quickly-wilting crops.
