Indeed… and here you will find my defense of a proper fear of God.
But I don’t think this is because God is sensitive, prideful, or full of himself. Quite the contrary, I think God is anything but. When Jesus describes what it is to be great – to be a servant of servants, I believe He is describing God. There is a definite sense in which God allows us to walk all over Him as a complete doormat. But clearly it is not because He is weak – He just wants us to clean our feet, and He will do what it takes. Remember when Jesus did exactly that for His disciples?
The reason for a fear of God has more to do with what we lack and this is particularly a lack of understanding of both ourselves and reality. The indulgence of a parent will draw a line at what is harmful for his children. And so we cannot hope to manipulate God beyond that line. His is the correct understanding of reality and our own needs, and thus it is delusional to think God will indulge what is too often just complete nonsense and foolishness on our part.
I just don’t see much merit in comparing this to the human notion of lèse-majesté.