The Well of the God Who Sees Me

If you’ve ever wondered whether God really sees you in your hidden moments — the lonely nights, the struggles, the tears no one else notices — this song is for you. He sees you. He knows you. And with great love, He still calls you to come and drink deep.

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I wrote this song based on Psalms 139, which describes how God knows us, and Genesis 16:13-14, which describes Hagar’s encounter with God at a well that she named Beer Lahai Roi (the Well of the God Who Sees Me). The song also reflects the Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus in John 4. She echoed Hagar when she exclaimed that she had met the man who saw and knew all about her. She named Him “Messiah.”

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
God searches and knows me
Both outside and in.
He sees where I’m going,
He knows where I’ve been.
He sees when I sit
And He sees when I rise;
The words that I say
Come as no surprise.
He hems me with love
That I never can flee.
Such knowledge is wondrous,
Too lofty for me!

[Chorus]
Still through the cross
He offers to me
A deep drink at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Verse 2]
This God who sees me
Searches deeply inside
And sees all the things
That I want to hide.
He sees all my failures,
My envy and greed,
He sees all my anger
And all of my need.
He sees every weakness
And every mistake,
In truth sees my motives
And excuses I make.
Yet with mercy and grace
He still calls out to me
To drink deep at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Chorus]
Still through the cross
He offers to me
A deep drink at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Verse 3]
Nothing can hide me
From His all-knowing sight.
As He sees in the day
So He sees in the night.
He sees all my troubles,
He knows all my fears,
He sees every heartache
And all of my cares.
He sees when I struggle
To do what is right,
He sees every teardrop
That falls in the night.
He feels every sorrow
As He whispers to me
To drink deep at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Chorus]
Still through the cross
He offers to me
A deep drink at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Verse 4]
He sees when I’m lonely,
Forsaken, and shunned,
When I’m surrounded
With no place to run.
When my enemies flourish
And evil is strong,
When I’m lost in the desert
And my hope is all gone,
He sees all my suffering,
Knows the anguish I feel.
He sees all my wounds
Which He’ll bind up and heal.
With compassion and love
He invites tenderly
To drink deep at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Chorus]
Still through the cross
He offers to me
A deep drink at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Verse 5]
The eyes that see me
Don’t accuse or condemn,
For He sees all my thirst
And my longing for Him.
He sees past my failures,
He sees beyond lies,
He sees all the good
That within me resides.
He sees in me beauty—
A pearl of great price.
He sees I’m becoming
The image of Christ.
With great joy and delight
He celebrates me
As I drink deep at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Final Chorus]
Still through the cross
He offers to me
A deep drink at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.

[Outro]
Drink deep at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.
Drink deep, drink deep
From the Well of grace and mercy.
He sees me, He knows me,
He loves me completely.
Come drink deep at the Well
Of the God Who Sees Me.
Drink deep… drink deep…
At the Well of the God Who Sees Me.