Under Gods Command
Abimelech
Judges 9:22-24 After Abimelech had governed Israel three years, God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem, who acted treacherously against Abimelech. God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
Abimelech was the opposite of what God wanted in a judge, but it was three years before God moved against him. Fulfilling Jotham’s parable. Those three years must have seemed like forever to Jotham. Why wasn’t Abimelech punished sooner for his evil ways?
Lets bring it home: We are not alone when we wonder why evil seems to prevail. God promises to deal with sin, but in his time, not ours. Actually it is good news that God doesn’t punish us immediately because we all have sinned and deserve God’s punishment. God, in his mercy, often spares us from immediate punishment and allows us time to turn from our sins and turn to him in repentance. Trusting God for justice means (1) we must first recognize our own sins and repent. (2) we may face a difficult time of waiting for the wicked to be punished. But in God’s time, all evil will be destroyed.
Under Gods command 