REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for July 12-18, 2026
Purpose of the Word
(Isaiah 55:10-13)
What is your purpose in life? It’s a big question that we may not consider much after we turn 18. It’s thrown at us a lot in our adolescent years, but our purpose may change depending on our season in life. My purpose now as a husband and father is very different from when I was single and 18. Having a defined purpose before us can help lead and guide us towards something. A purpose helps us recognize that we are not alone, in fact we are a part of a much greater purpose.
God also has a purpose. God’s purpose is the same as when He laid the foundation of the world, to be with His people. God desires nothing more and nothing less than that simple purpose. It is a purpose that never changes, even as we, in our sin, are constantly changing God never does, and neither does His purpose. How does God accomplish His purpose to be with us in love? He accomplishes it through His Word.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My Word be that goes out from My Mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I Purpose” (Isaiah 55:10-11)
God chooses to accomplish His Purpose of being with us through His Word. That Word spoken, “given and shed for you” (Luke 22:19-20), “your sins are forgiven” (Mark 2:5), “I will be with you always” (Matthew 28:20). How does God bring that Word to us? In the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Savior. Jesus has come down from heaven and did not return to the Father empty, but having accomplished all that He purposed, having died on the cross and risen from the dead that we might be with Him for all eternity. God has accomplished that purpose for you.
Now what is your church’s purpose? Your church has a mission statement that echoes God’s eternal purpose. “By grace through faith in Christ we reach out to all with His love and build each other up for service.” This is a mission statement dripping with God’s Purpose. While this may be a mission statement found on our church website it isn’t ours, we didn’t create this mission, we inherited it. This is God’s Mission, God’s Purpose, that we are joyfully made a part of through God’s Purpose-filled gift of baptism. Now that we are a part of God’s Purpose, we are equipped and sent with His Word made flesh, Jesus Christ who truly is with you always, working His purpose in you, for you, and through you. This is the purpose that will never change.
Your purpose-sent 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!