I took it literally, that is why I asked. I do not understand fear of God.
People generally fear powerful individuals who can hurt them, especially those individuals who have proven that they will readily hurt others for unjust reasons. The Christian God has threatened (if you believe in the Bible) to send you to a Hell to be tortured for eternity if you fail to believe a certain supernatural event happened in palestine 2000 years ago. It doesn't matter if you've been charitable, kind, and compassionate all your life, it doesn't matter if you've been a saint. If you happen to believe in another God, or you happen to believe there is not nearly enough evidence to believe the Christian story actually happened, this God will roast you forever right alongside Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, and Einstein. Such a God would strike me as being the worst kind of evil dictator imaginable, so only a fool would not fear such a being if he exists. Thankfully, the evidence that he does is horrible.
So you don't think God should be or wants to be feared?