We have to pull Scripture together, to understand what God means by "all your hearts, mind, soul, strength" "be perfect as My Heavenly Father is perfect" "to love others as our selves"....to etc.

God's desire for us is very clear...He wants us to be like Him, to be united with His will.

He gave us many talents...he doesn't want us to bury them..to not work for him..so many Gospel passages set this "stretchy" criteria of love. 

God gave us our intellect...for a reason...to love Him and serve His children.....so we must look at our faculties as being lent by God to do great things..to "solve problems' for His people...tob become doctors, morticians, teachers, engineers, accountants, bus drivers....each of us solving many many problems for others every day...with a Christian spirit of cheerfulness, a spirit of service, and great generosity. 

God gave us animals for a lot of reasons..but clearly to eat.   He gave them for our use.

this doesn't mean we waste His resources.