What did God mean when He remembered His covenant with Israel?
God's remembering meant He was now acting on His covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—not that He had forgotten. It signaled that the time had come to move according to His prophetic utterances and to begin making things happen for Israel, looking upon them and having respect unto them.
Les explains that God heard Israel's groaning and remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This was the Abrahamic covenant, which promised a great nation, a geographical area, and a king—the Son of God, the Messiah. Les stresses that everything from the Gospels into Acts is based on that covenant. God was now realizing it was time to move according to His own prophetic utterances to Abraham. He remembered the covenant made with Abraham, repeated it to Isaac, repeated it to Jacob, and that covenant carries all the way through. So He looked upon the children of Israel and had respect unto them; He remembered them, and would now start making things happen.