REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for May 31-June 6, 2026
Worshiping with Doubts
(Matthew 28:16-20)
The Great Commission is a Bible passage a lot of us know well. Just hearing the title “The Great Commission” comes with assumptions about going into the world to tell people about Jesus. That is a good assumption! No doubt, that is our calling as baptized children of the Father. It’s what our friends and family need from us. The world needs the Church to live out the Great Commission telling them about Jesus’ love. The importance of Jesus’ Mission also causes us to hesitate, and that’s where we really connect with the Story.
Matthew has an interesting way to describe the disciples (of which he is one!). He says, “when they saw Him they worshiped Him, but some doubted.” The worship part makes sense. They’re standing with the risen Son of God! They can’t possibly have any doubt that He is God in the flesh, can they? What could they be doubting about Jesus? We could speculate on their doubts, but that’s not the point right now. Instead, we should ask ourselves the question, do we doubt Jesus?
Like the disciples, we might not doubt who Jesus is, but doubt can still creep into our relationship with Jesus. We can doubt His power to create faith in those that we love. We can doubt His ability to bring peace to our nation and world. We can doubt His ability to forgive us or others. We can doubt our ability to do the Great Commission. We can doubt our ability to forgive others. We can doubt the work of Jesus in our lives and in His world. Doubt is a real part of discipleship and it’s healthy for our relationship with the Jesus we worship to be honest about our doubts.
When we are honest about our doubts, we see that Matthew’s Gospel starts and ends in the same way. Jesus began His ministry speaking to doubting worshipers when He said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 4:3). Jesus’ Kingdom Gifts are for those that struggle, and yearn, to see God’s kingdom at work in the world. As theologian Frederick Bruner says, “disciples live their lives between worship and doubt… Christians are both believers and doubters, adorning and worshiping, trusting and questioning.” This is the struggle of living in a sinful world, being sinner and Saint at the same time. But our doubt doesn’t take away from God’s work for us. We are still baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are still people of God’s promise to us, not our promise to God, and that is the Good News. To quote Mr. Bruner again, “The good news of the Great Commission is that Jesus addresses and uses exactly such worshiping-doubting disciples” and His promise is still true, “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Doubts and all, Jesus is still with you.
Your worshiping-doubting 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!