I suppose though if it is a situation where a person knows God is the most lovable thing, and wants to love God, but just fails to produce the volition to do so, then the person should attempt some baby steps to ‘get there’. Baby steps = participate in liturgy, daily office, various prayer techniques. If we are creatures that imitate what we see/hear, then doing things that ‘imitate’ worshiping God might lead us to actually worshiping God.

I’m sure Moral theologians have a list of possible vices here that could identify ‘the one who knows, knows what is best, but chooses the more deplorable path’ (that’s Ovid).

(Though, I suppose some might say that true ‘academic’ knowledge of God is always worship-inducing, but I’m not necessarily inclined to agree with that.)

I’m not sure worshipful feelings are required for being in a worshipful state. I’m thinking of it as kind of an inner bowing… it’s akin to generic humility, but this is to an object, and for one or more reasons. One may wonder why I’m calling this “worship” and not, say, bowing, singing, or doing something specifically religious, such as some liturgical activity. The reason is in the NT, Paul teaches that one’s who life is to be an act of worship. I take it he means that we go about our lives with this mental stance, and that we do our many actions as (in part) an expression of it. That is the way God wants to be worshipped, in the NT.

But perhaps I’ve missed your point – do continue…

Excellent question. I’m thinking of what goes in the third place (other than worshipper and object of worship) as a reason, i.e. a belief about the object, had by the worshipper. So, you can worship God for multiple reasons, even if divine simplicity is true – it’s just what makes all these various beliefs of yours true – e.g. that God is good, powerful, everlasting, etc. – are all the same thing – God.

States of worship – the mental stance – will be fitting or not depending on the beliefs and the object, and even sometimes on how they relate to the worshipper.

So if you worship Jim Carrey as the creator, that’s unfitting, because he isn’t your creator. And if you worship your ancestor as the bestower of your good fortune, again, he ain’t, so that’s an unfitting act of worship. Or if you honor St. Jude because your prayer was answered… you get the idea.