Moshe tells the Jews that after they stray from Hashem they will eventually return to Him, Moshe tells them that the reason why they will find Hashem is because (4:29) "you will search with all your heart and with all your soul." Right before this pasuk Moshe was telling the Jews that they would eventually sin with avodah zara, but they would eventually return to Hashem.
Later in this week's parsha the same term "with all your heart and with all your soul" comes up again, in the parsha of Shema (6:5) "and you will love Hashem... with all your heart..."
The pasuk before this is the pasuk of Shema where we say (6:4) "Hashem is One." Meaning that Hashem is the only true God, and there are not others.
From these two pasukim we see that the most fundamental thing is that we must completely believe that Hashem controls the world. If we establish this within ourselves then we would be foolish to sin. But there is no such thing as half-believing, either you totally believe or you don't.
For a Jew to repent he must first recognize that Hashem is the master of the world, then the person will be more than willing to use all of his heart and soul searching for Hashem. Once someone has completely established this fact then it will be impossible to not find Hashem, because He controls everything. Also, once we have this established it will lead to our love for Hashem. For one to love Hashem he first must believe that Hashem is the ultimate controller of everything, that He is one, then this person will put in all of his resources to find and attach himself to Hashem. But if someone doesn't first believe that Hashem is one, then it will be impossible to find or love Him.
May we all be zoche to completely understand that Hashem Echad, which will lead us to return to Him, and He will be waiting for us with "open arms."
Have a good Shabbat!
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