“…for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.”  
Philippians 4:11

These are the words of the Apostle Paul who endured many hardships during his Christian life.  
2 Corinthians 11:22-33 gives a list of these hardships, they are Paul’s credentials.  And yes he is the one who said, ‘I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.’

We see this attitude in his prayer for relief from ‘a thorn in his flesh,’

The Lord’s response and Paul’s acceptance is as follows:
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”  2 Corinthians 12:8-9

Look what he goes on to say,
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.”  2 Corinthians 12:10

Philippians 4:11 in the Amplified Bible says,
“…For I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am.”

We, too, are to come to the place of contentment.  The only way to do so, is to trust in the Lord for our whole being.  It is to come to spiritual rest.

Scripture tells us--
Divine presence gives rest:
This is Moses talking with God.
“And He said, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:14

Rest is found Christ:
“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.”  Matthew 11:28-29

Rest is appropriated by faith:
“For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter…”  
Hebrews 4:3 The Amplified Bible

When one is content and at rest there is a quietness and peace both within and without.  The confusion of the world does not invade a heart that is at rest in the Lord.  The Psalmist expressed it well in Psalm 131:2.
“But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”  

“The effect of righteousness will be peace,
And the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.”  Isaiah 32:17

And the Lord tells us,
“…in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”  Isaiah 30:15

The chorus of a song/hymn by Morris Chapman and Claire Cloninger, “Jesus Your Name” is a good closing.

     Jesus, Your Name
“And in the strong name of Jesus
By the blood of the Lamb
We are able to triumph
We are able to stand
In the power of His Spirit
By the strength of His hand
In the strong name of Jesus
By the precious blood of the Lamb”

Praise and thanks always to our Lord and King.   Amen