Deuteronomy 10:12-13
12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
13 and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?

This is what God wanted from each of us. ‘Fear the Lord your God’ is number one in the list and when we follow that, there is an assurance we can follow the rest. When we don’t follow that there is great possibility that we are not following the rest of it.

Why we need to fear?

• v14 To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
• v17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
• v18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.