For the believer, the fear of God is something much different. The believer's fear is reverence of God. Hebrews 12:28-29 is a good description of this: “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our ’God is a consuming fire.’” This reverence and awe is exactly what the fear of God means for Christians.
Kwa muumini, kumcha Mungu ni kitu tofauti sana. hofu ya muumini ni heshima ya Mungu. Waebrania 12:28-29 ndio ufafanuzi mzuri wa kifungu hiki: “Kwa hivyo, tangu sisi tupokea ufalme usioweza kutikiswa, hebu shukuruni, na hivyo mwabudu Mungu kwa njia inayokubalika kwa heshima na hofu, kwa ajili Mungu weti ni moto mkali unaoteketeza.”