Once again Moses tells them that the purpose of these laws is that they might enjoy long life, that it might go well with them, and that they will multiply. "As God has promised". When God makes a promise it usually does not mean that we just sit back and wait for it to happen. More often it means that we have something to do, and the promise is that we will be successful in it. God is not in the business of creating a bunch of passive beings, but people "in His own image". We are meant to do stuff.
Moses also tells them to fear the Lord, we too need to fear the Lord. Fearing the Lord means knowing who has the final say in whether we live or die, whether we succeed or fail, how our life will go. We need to know that it is the Lord who has the final word. It is certainly not ourselves, but neither is it the circumstances that face us, or the enemies and opposition that we encounter. We need to discover the joy of fearing the Lord!
The Lord is One. There is only one God, and we need to love Him with everything we have. Notice that Moses then tells them that the commandments are to be on their hearts. It has always been God's intention that His ways are imprinted on our hearts. Remember also that when the Bible speaks of our heart, it usually means both mind and heart in terms of our usage of the word. We are to dwell on the Word of God, meditate on it, study it, ponder it, let it soak into the depths of our being.
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