It's a big deal to have a true understanding of God. We have ask God to clarify this in our hearts and cast out any false notions of God (God as cop-looking-over-the-shoulder, God as distant dad, and God as the Great Big Buddy)
Some scripture was
--Genesis 1
--Exodus 3
--Isaiah 6
--John 3:16
--1 John 4
--Philippians 2
--Psalm 139
--Matthew 6