Genesis 19:29

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.

From Background Notes [BN] for February 4^th/5^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Whereas Abraham wanted God to spare the city for the sake of a magical minimum, God worked His purposes outside the human box and simply delivered Lot and his family from the city.

The closing commentary in 19:29 sums it up: “God … remembered Abraham and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.” Our prayers on behalf of others often take the form of Abraham’s: we plead for the best interests of our loved ones — their health, their salvation, their safety, or their provision — and then wait for God to act. Our prayers may well be long and intense affairs, filled with arguments or justifications or deep concerns, and to all of these God pays attention, weighing His larger purposes alongside genuine heart-felt compassion. Then God “remembers,” in the sense that He faithfully sticks to the terms of His covenant with us, while pressing beyond the answers so obvious to us.  [BN,2]

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