Early the next morning, Abraham goes to the place where he had stood before the LORD. The scene shifts abruptly from the devastation of the plain to Abraham on the hilltop — the man who prayed in Genesis 18:23–32 returning the next morning to the place of prayer. He goes to see what has happened. The instinct to return to the place of prayer after the outcome is the instinct of a man who prays not merely to affect outcomes but because the relationship itself draws him back. Job 1:20 describes Job falling to the ground in worship after receiving news of disaster. Abraham returns to the place of standing before the LORD regardless of what he is about to see. The application: the place where you stood before the LORD is worth returning to, especially when the outcome is not what you prayed for.

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