Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

There are, I believe, times and seasons in the movements of God. There are days of opportunity for the soul, which, if missed, may never come again. Get into the Ark while the door remains open!

‘There is a sense of urgency in this passage: if we do not seek the Lord now, it may be too late to do so later. The Lord waits patiently for us to turn to Him, but He does not wait forever (see Jeremiah 29:13-14).’ Tom Hale: ‘Applied Old Testament Commentary’, p.1059.

”Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts” (Hebrews 4:7; see Ps.95:7,8).

These words are about repentance. What a wonderful promise they contain. They seem to find their echo in the New Testament in 1 John 1:9: ”If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

Notice that repentance involves ‘forsaking’ wicked ways and unrighteous thoughts. It is not about shedding ‘crocodile tears.’ Repentance is a change of mind leading to a change of direction.