God examines not only a persons actions, but his innermost feelings as well.
When a person genuinely feels that God is standing over him, he can no longer make excuses such as “I’m nobody,” “I’m unimportant,”
or, “God doesn’t care whether or not I put on tefillin today.”
That is because God is truly standing over him, just as He stood over Jacob, and God’s glory fills the entire world.
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz