Title

I thought the title was a great line out of the book, and yet somehow I have trouble seeing the correlation between what was going on in the story and what the story was called. Like, were Janie's eyes watching God throughout her life? Was she looking to God for her vindication? It didn't seem like that to me.
I understand that during the storm the people were praying and "watching God" to see what He was doing in that point and time through the storm, that He was their only hope. It is also kind of like an orchestra--who do the musicians look to in the middle of a movement of music? The conductor, just as the people in the storm were looking to God to find safety and direction. That would make sense if Janie had been a woman of prayer but in the book she didn't seem to be. So what does it mean?
Is it that in the book, Janie is the god (with a lower-case "g") and everyone is watching her? That would make more sense because everyone did seem to be watching Janie in the book. Janie did take life in her own hands and do what she wanted. She left Logan, spouted off to Jody, and married Tea Cake even when people advised her against it. In that sense the title would make more sense. However, where in the book does it imply that Janie is a god or that she is trying to be God?
I feel like I'm brainstorming but am not sure of THE correct answer.