God Over-Delivered on This Audition

Normally, I don’t pray over auditions, but this one was a little different.

The woman casting this project was a casting director I hadn’t auditioned for in a while – around a year or more. She does casting for a lot of the tv shows and films around Austin, so I wanted to make sure I’d be brought back in for future gigs.

The other casting directors in town brought me in often so I knew I’d get called in for their gigs if I fit the specs. (I’m speaking past-tense about acting because it’s kind of at a standstill except for the Vindication series I’m doing.)

I prayed on the drive to this audition and I prayed again in the parking lot. I never prayed to book the gig because it could have been a prayer I didn’t really want answered.  I prayed that God would shine through me at this audition and that I’d do well enough to be brought back for future ones.

So we did the audition, they gave us some direction, we did it again (my partner was awesome) and then we were done. I felt really good about it – but if you’re an actor, you know that feeling good about it means nothing – then we left.

When I got in the car, I was grateful for God answering my prayer. I just knew by the way I felt about it that it was something lasting and that it had His hand over it.

Soon after, my agent called me and told me I’d been put on hold for the job (Yay! This meant they wanted me, but it had to be cleared by someone higher up). I was super pumped.

That’s a step further than the audition. Usually, the next step is a callback but I don’t think there was one for this gig, and being put on hold was definitely something I didn’t ask for in prayer.

A while later, I got another call from my agent – I booked the role! I was crazy-excited! That’s waaaay more than I asked God to do.

And that’s not even the icing on the cake. We had the wardrobe fitting a week or so later, and I saw my partner there (yay for us both booking it!). There were only 3 roles for it, so it was great to see that he got one of them. The fitting lasted a couple of hours and we went home.

Then, before we even shot the project, the icing on the cake happened. My agent texted me and said that production had decided they wanted to double the usage and double the rate of this project…. Whaaaat?!

THANK YOU, Jesus!

This whole thing was blessed beyond my expectations.

It came at a perfect time, too, because the night before that text, my husband and I had been talking about me possibly getting a real job.

What if I hadn’t prayed over the audition? Would it have been the same outcome? I have no idea. Maybe praying allowed me to see the whole process with fresh eyes. Or maybe something in the unseen realm happened because I prayed. Who knows.

All I know is that prayer is life-changing.

Pray and push – and great things tend to happen,

Venus

If you decide that you want God in your life, here's a simple prayer you can say quietly or out loud:

Dear God, I'm a sinner. I’m sorry for my sin; please forgive me.

I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son and that He died for my sins and You raised Him to life.

I want to invite Him into my heart to take control of my life.

In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

(No pressure, but if you do say this prayer, I'd love to know so you're not stuck with the thought of, "Okaaaaay, what now?")