When God Steps into Your Boat: A Story That Redefines Calling and Courage



What would you do with the pressure that you are under, not to break you, but to make you? In Tailormade by God, author Vincent D. Collin welcomes the reader into a very personal and faith-based experience that demonstrates one thing: no life is accidental, and no season is wasted. It is not a book, it is a calling, a challenge, and a revelation in a single captivating tale of obedience, endurance, and divine purpose.

Having a modest background as a latchkey kid growing up with a single mother, Collin narrates his story with the elements of doubt, discipline, sacrifice, and daring faith. The trip is between the stresses of youth and the discipline of military service, then to a surprise and life-changing call to ministry. Every change is as though being on the verge of the unknown- whether to remain safe on the shore or to risk going out into deeper water. And there the heart of this book beats most.

Tailormade by God is based on Luke 5:11 and is inspired by the Scripture, leadership wisdom, and lived experience to uncover seven key characteristics that define successful leaders and complete lives. These are not idealistic ideals, they are made in actual times of uncertainty, loss, and giving up. Empty nets. Long nights. Impossible odds. And then, a command to make another attempt.

The honesty of this book is what makes it so gripping. Collin does not cover frustration, loss, or seasons when nothing appears to work. He brings the readers behind the scenes of how a ministry was built out of seven individuals in a recreation room to a successful church that is changing lives in communities and continents. The question that all readers are asking themselves is: Will obedience be enough?

As the story progresses, the reader learns how God applies pressure to create purpose, structure to maintain growth, and the Holy Spirit to empower what human strength cannot. The story shifts the focus of individual identity to the group purpose, demonstrating how faith is multiplied when leaders learn to trust God- and encourage others to travel with them.

Tailormade by God is a book that is addressed to every person who has ever felt neglected, undervalued, or confused about the next step. It addresses leaders, dreamers, believers, and people at a crossroads, who are asking themselves whether their yes will cost too much- or everything. 

This book does not simply inform you of what you are becoming. It dares you to believe it. Get your own copy of the book--now on its own official site, as well as on Amazon

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