Mark 1:40-42

Notice the man's faith. "If You will, You can do it." God had revealed to the man Christ's power to do this. See, "You can do it." He was confident that Christ had the power to do what he was asking Him to do. The only question that remained of the man was, "Was he willing to do it?" That is why he worded his request, "If You will, You can do it." "If You will, I have the confidence that You can do it." It was an appeal that Christ found within His will and within the will of God. Christ reached out and He touched him.

There was a lot in that act. One of the things that was in that act was that the very act of reaching out and touching the man was an indication that it was going to be done, because the very law that He gave to the Israelites back in the Old Testament forbid a person from touching a leper. In a sense, He was moving to violate the very law that He gave to the Israelites, but you see, His mind was already made up He was going to do it. That quickly, He reacted to the appeal of this man. The important thing right here is that the man clearly believed that the power was there.