And behold, a leper came to him, and bowed down to Him, saying, ” Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean. And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, ” I am willing: be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
The leper’s separation from everyone, including his family, offered nothing but pain and rejection. He was considered unclean, and no one dared to come near him because of his condition. Family members would bring food to a Leper, but would not go near him, for fear of being infected themselves. I tend to believe that this leper had heard about Jesus, and the miracles of healing He had done. Hoping against hope, this man knelt before Jesus and said, “Lord if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
He made no demands, but placed priority on the will of God. We read in (1 John 5:14) “and this is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask any thing, according to His will, He hears us.”
This type of surrender usually occurs when we realize He is our only hope, as it was with the leper. His separation from family ended with the cleansing of his body, but, better yet, ended with a new relationship with his Savior.