God created us as intellectual, sensual, emotional, volitional, and relational creatures, who are like God in every way that creatures can be like God. The response of the whole person, made in God's image, of which worship is a part, is certainly implied in Jesus' teaching on the greatest commandment. Worship is not merely intellectual-it involves our emotions, our affections and our senses. The more one knows about God, the greater will be one's capacity to love and worship him. Worship must have an intellectual priority, but any theology that does not cause the heart to well up with love for God, and that does not stir the will and the affections to desire to serve God with more passion, is not correct theology.
True worship is emotional, stirring and motivating, and based upon the truth.
Since we are sensual creatures, the doctrine of creation and the essential goodness of created reality has ramifications for our understanding of the worshiping community. The garments to be worn by the Aaronic priests were carefully crafted and very beautiful. Remember, it was God who gave these explicit instructions. Thus, the appreciation of beauty and symbol are part of worship. Biblical symbols have meaning that point to spiritual realities beyond themselves.