After completing my Bar Course to become a lawyer, I went through a time of great change.

I walked away from the church I grew up in, to consider what my faith meant to me, as well as whether the Catholic church was what it claimed to be: The true Church of Jesus Christ.

Amidst all the difficult questions I had to try and square off with myself and my family, I also wasn’t sure about my career prospects as a newly minted lawyer because the industry was facing an oversupply of law graduates.

I come from a university which prides itself on high achievers, great starting salaries and well-rounded graduates, so it was disconcerting to find myself more than a little lost on the cusp of adulthood. In fact, I had so little success with job interviews that after my pupillage and becoming a qualified lawyer, I applied for an internship at an e-commerce company!

In all of this, I remembered that God continues to be my firm hope and covenant partner. His choice to love me precedes, transcends and will last beyond my present circumstances.

So I wrote this song as an expression of this unwavering truth: God has chosen me. It gave me the confidence to write: “From Your courage, come the words that I can pray.” When life threatened to become a drag, I drew strength from knowing that my Saviour had bravely gone before me, bearing His cross for the joy set before Him.

I don’t have to stress over getting huge life decisions like faith and career right. It’s all in God’s good hands even if it’s taking longer than I expected.

I came to Joel, my friend and co-songwriter, with the first verse and chorus. His contribution was invaluable as we wouldn’t have had Verses 2 and 3 without his perspective.

I thank God for how this song helped me to reflect on the many times I tried to do life my way. I now see that God has already chosen me first, and I don’t have to stress over getting huge life decisions like faith and career right. It’s all in God’s good hands even if it’s taking longer than I expected.

Eventually, God led me back to my first church and gave me a job I’m thankful for.

But most of all, I thank Him for my renewed confidence in His sovereignty. God chose us when He sent His beloved son Jesus to die a public and humiliating death on the cross for our sins. Would you choose Him in return?

He is a far greater treasure than anything you will find here, and there is no insecurity of yours that He cannot handle.