REV. Zachery Sarrault, Associate PASTOR
Pastor’s Corner for November 2-8, 2025
All Saints Day
(Revelation 7:9-17)
“For all the saints, who from their labors rest” (LSB 677).
Such a beautiful, comforting, and promise filled opening to the great All Saints' Day song. Rest, that’s what we have to look forward to and what the saints who have gone before us now live in. Rest, proper godly rest, was always part of God’s plan. When we celebrate All Saints' Day, we do a lot of looking forward. Looking towards the day that we will see our loved ones in the faith again. When we will all live joyously in that Eternal Rest that God has promised us through His gift of baptism. But when we look forward, we also look backward.
Rest has always been part of God’s plan. “So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work He had done in creation” (Genesis 2:3). In the mystery of God’s eternal plan, He is preparing us for the rest He intended in the garden, yet one that can never be tarnished and broken by sin. Rest is not just part of God’s plan, it is His goal for all His saints. But when we look backward, we also look towards our present.
Rest has always been part of God’s goal. “Therefore they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence” (Revelation 7:15). This is what eternal rest looks like. This is the rest that the saints that have gone before live in now, but there is that one word in there that seems to contradict our usual understanding of rest. The saints will “serve Him day and night.” That sounds exhausting! Constant, 24-hour service for all eternity! That doesn’t sound like paradise, that might sound like something else. But notice where they are, where we will be. “In His temple and He who sits on the throne will shelter them with His presence.” Eternal rest is serving God, doing life with Him, in His presence without the darkness of sin. That’s paradise!
While we are not there yet, God still intends for us to rest with Him. It is practicing for eternity when we take that rest. When we take moments in weekly worship, daily Bible reading, constant prayer, and yes, even chores around the house these are times when we can practice the eternal rest now. Rest is part of God’s plan and part of His goal, and it is for you now.
“The golden evening brightens in the west; Soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest; Sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!”
Your practicing 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!