REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for July 26-August 1, 2026
God’s Treasure
(Matthew 13:44-52)
What treasures do you have in your home? Right now, where you sit, as you read this, look around you. What items do you hold as treasures? Sophia loves bringing treasures into the house. During the school year, it wasn’t unusual to have her empty out her pockets with “treasures” from the playground. These “treasures” could be any number of items; acorns, leaves, pieces of rubber, sticks. It’s crazy what an odd assortment of mismatched items a little girl can fit in her pockets at the end of the day. When I would try and throw them away, she would prevent me by say, “But those are my treasures!”
It’s good to have treasured things because for those that possess them, they are beautiful, beloved, and special. Our treasures remind us of the loveliness of life with God. God loves to have treasure too. He loves to bring treasure into His home and to hold tightly too it, even if it looks like trash to everyone else. God is a collector of treasures.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a Man found and covered up. Then in His joy He goes and sells all that He has and buys that field.” (Matthew 13:44)
If you’ve heard this verse before, it’s probably been used as an illustration for how we are to live our lives, finding the kingdom of heaven and giving up everything to belong there. That’s not a bad way to read it, but it shouldn’t be the first way to read it. First and foremost, Jesus is the Farmer who is looking for treasure. That’s what the kingdom of heaven looks like. Jesus brings the kingdom of heaven to those that are His treasured possession (Matthew 4:17). That has always been His Mission and it always will be. The awesome part is that “The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His treasured possession” (Deuteronomy 7:6b). Jesus came into the world to give you the kingdom of heaven. When He found you, He “sells all that He has and buys” you. He gave up everything on the cross to buy you back and bring you into His eternal possession.
You are the treasure that God loves to have. He holds you close, prizes you as His own, and will never let you be thrown away. You might not feel like treasure. In fact, depending on the day, you might feel closer to the pocketful of playground scraps my daughter brings home, but that doesn’t change the way God sees you. That doesn’t change the identity that God has won for you. You are always God’s treasured possession because God found you, died for you, and loves you. Nothing can change that.
Your treasured brother in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
Ordination and Installation of Pastor Zachery Sarrault (July 18, 2021):
Sunday was a great day at RLC! We celebrated the Ordination and Installation of our new Associate Pastor Zachery Sarrault. It was a beautiful service with a heartfelt sermon by his father, Pastor Joel Sarrault. Congratulations and welcome, Pastor Zach! Thank you to all who participated in this special day.
Pastor Sarrault Ordination and Installation
Pastor Zachery Sarrault Ordination and Installation Bulletin
From Pastor Zach (July 16, 2021):
Hey Resurrection Family!
Kelsey and I are finally here! We have finished up at St. Louis, seen family in Michigan, and moved into our new home. After all of that traveling and living out of suitcases, we couldn’t be happier to finally be back to something comfortable. Comfort is always something nice to hold on to. All of us have something that makes us comfortable, whether it be a family member or friend, a good book or fishing pole, a quilting machine or a wood shed, we all have our go-to comfort places. This is part of being human! We love comfort!
The thing with comfort is that sometimes we get too comfortable. We can settle in and tell ourselves that we never wish to see any change. “Life would be perfect if I could just stay in my recliner with Tom Sawyer all day.” Or whatever your comfort may be. Sadly, we know that this isn’t how life works. No matter how much we enjoy our comforts, ‘real life’ happens and it disrupts those little joys. But, is it ‘real life’ or is it God, calling us into His mission to do more than just the comfortable?
Jesus never led a life of comfort. From the manger to the cross and even the empty tomb, Jesus’ life was one of challenge and the uncomfortable. When one of the scribes declared that he would follow Jesus, all Jesus had to say was, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matt. 8:20). Kind of an odd response, one that rightly scared away the scribe. Probably would have scared me too!
So, what does this mean for us? Are we supposed to throw away all of our earthly comforts and live lives of asceticism? Not at all! But we are called to know where these comforts come from and who our ultimate comfort is. In all things, comfort or challenge, our Lord and Savior stands before us, behind us, and beside us. As Jesus prepared His disciples for life after His death and resurrection, Jesus told His followers, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).
There is our ultimate comfort! Not in our little hide-a-ways or indulgences, but in the One who has overcome all sin and who has promised us peace. Our comfort is in the faith that we have through Christ’s death and resurrection. Our comfort is in the kingdom of God that has already been given to us! That is a comfort that is never changing and never ending. No matter what God has in store the Sarraults in North Carolina, we know that the comfort of our Lord will always prevail!
In the comfortable and the uncomfortable, but always in Christ,
Pastor Zach Sarrault
From Pastor Jonathan (July 15, 2021):
There's a new face at Resurrection! Seminarian Zach Sarrault and wife Kelsey made it down to Cary last Monday, and soon-to-be "Pastor Zach" is already taking part in leadership team activities here at RLC. He will serve as Associate Pastor at Resurrection... meaning he will be working full-time in all aspects of ministry: preaching and teaching, visiting the homebound, discipling others, showing up at youth events, leading school and preschool chapel services, making friends in his neighborhood, evangelizing... and doing it all as one who is privileged to be an Under-Shepherd of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. We are very blessed to have him and Kelsey in our midst!
Though the Sarraults hail from Michigan they know a little bit about our area already since Zach served as Vicar at Hope Lutheran Church in Wake Forest from 2019 to 2020. At church you can find Pastor Zach in the Associate Pastor's office, next door to the main office on the left side. I look forward to working with Pastor Zach and seeing him welcomed as warmly by all of you as Juli and I were not so long ago! May God bless and further your ministry among us, Pastor!