REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for April 13-19, 2025
Jesus, Our Servant
(Philippians 2:5-11)
It’s finally here, Holy Week. It’s the week when we celebrate the greatest actions of Jesus. It’s the week, we have been waiting for throughout all of Lent. It’s the week where we celebrate strength, power, glory, and majesty. It’s the week when we celebrate the King of kings on a donkey, the Lord of lords washing feet, the God of creation hosting dinner, the Son of God betrayed by a friend, the Prince of Peace killed by crucifixion. That doesn’t really sound like power and glory, does it? That doesn’t really sound like something to celebrate. It sounds like something to cry over or even sweep under the rug.
But that is what Jesus came to do.
The downward descent that Jesus takes is nothing but incredible. Paul says it in a profound way in his letter to the Philippians when he says that Jesus “emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant.” Jesus emptied Himself. What did He empty Himself of? The place of honor that He was due. The seat of power that He once sat upon. The height of strength that He alone would know. Jesus gave up all of it for one purpose, to do the thing set in motion before time began. Jesus gave up all of it to die. Jesus gave up all of it to die for you.
Holy Week is the week that we remember what Jesus did for you and me and for every human being that has lived, is living, and will live. What Jesus did on this most holy of weeks, He did for all of creation. Jesus lived the perfect servant life so that we may be exalted to the glory that He left for us. Jesus washed feet so that we would be washed from sin. Jesus hosted a dinner so that we may sit at His table in eternity. Jesus was betrayed so that we may be eternally known. Jesus was killed so that we may become alive.
This is what Jesus came to do.
This week is the week when it all comes together. This is the week when we see how much Jesus loves us. This is the week when we see why it all matters. This is the week when we see who Jesus is. This is the week that we shout “hosanna!”, that we eat and drink, that we weep, that we wait. This is the week when eternity comes to us.
Because this is what Jesus came to do.
Your waiting 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!