Mark 1

"40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” 41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” 42 As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed."

This is such a moving scene. How great the faith of the leper was and how humble he was. He knew Jesus was able, the question is only whether Jesus was 'willing'. How very comforted and loved the leper must've felt when Jesus said to him, "I am willing". Indeed, many times our requests are not answered perhaps because of our lack of faith and humility. We lack the confidence that we can truly move mountains. We lack the confidence of Jesus' prayer when he said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me" (John 11:41) before Lazarus was resurrected.