at double loyalty), but at this stage the point is more general and requires only the recognition that life is more than the basics of survival.401 The first reason, then, for not being anxious is that it narrows life intolerably. 6:26 With the illustration of the birds we get to the main thrust of this section: anxiety is wrong because it represents a failure to trust God as provider. Appeal to nature is a wisdom pattern (e.g., Job 12:7–10; Pr. 6:6–11),402 as is the view that God provides food