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"How do you know the person who fears God is the person who is most likely to seek out God’s instructions and obey them?"

It seems to me to be a natural response. Fear is the reason I worked harder on English courses in college than on Math courses. I feared English, not Math. But I only took as much English as required, while I often took math as electives.

Love is ultimately a stronger motivator than English. And Jesus said he who obeys me is the one who loves me. Fear will only take you so far. But fear can get you started. Thus it's called the "beginning of wisdom"

"What about those that spend time understanding God, and what they understood is different from another who spent time understanding God?"

Fear being the beginning of wisdom, is not an absolute. Certainly, I don't think everyone starts out with fear. Some seek out instruction because of curiosity. Some out of love, or duty. Some grow up with instruction and motivation was provided for them.

And just like two people can have a different opinion or see different traits of a third person. The same can be true with God. Some people see His great love, other's recognize only his wrath. Some focus on his handiwork either in creation or people but don't really get to know him. So you can certainly see different traits of God and not everyone will see the same traits.

Two people can study the same law and come away with different opinions of what it means. But in court usually only one of them will be right. I believe the person whose heart is really open to God will eventually be led to a correct understanding in most things important.

And then there are people who spread false information. And some people will hold steadfast to that false understanding because that's what they want to hear, and they never look further.

That people hold different understandings doesn't mean they are all correct understandings. The dilligent will usually discover the correct understanding. That's one of the reasons why God commands that his followers fellowship together. Because in studying the scriptures together, you get different insights, and you are more likely to avoid a misunderstanding of them.

So different understandings of God can be the result of His complexity, or it may also be due to misunderstanding or false information.