Essentials of Music to Soul and Spirit
Music is among the most fundamental of tools and elements of passing vital and uplifting information from one individual to another. Furthermore, it plays a significant role in cultivating and motivating communities to live in one accord with each individual through unity and as an element of communication. Usually, life is full of all sorts of challenges that significantly undermine the well-being and human existence, both directly and indirectly. Over the past years to date, the presence of music has played a vital role in developing, encouraging, and nurturing the well fair of the humankind. Music has acted like direct food to the spirits and, as a result, uplifting as well as motivating people going through a tough situation in their lives (Odamah, 2020). Additionally, music revitalizes and revolutionized low spirits and depressed individuals; therefore, acting as immediate medication to all stress and variant levels of depressions.
As per Odamah, music is said to achieve its highest level if it reaches the spirit realm, this is the level when music has fully taken over an individual’s sub-consciousness, thoughts, emotions, and eventually the physical well-being. Moreover, the impact of music is so keen to the extent that it can influence physical well-being after engaging in it for a considerable period. Spiritual songs comprising of hymns, work songs, as well as other traditional songs, have a strong influence on the listener. They have been the main encouraging and motivating factor in the successful accomplishment of various notable projects in the world (Odamah, 2020). Life has been shown to possess both positive and negative attribute owing to its unstable factor, which make it keep changing at every instant. For instance, a person could be happy at this moment and sad at the next moment.
Various songs have eased the torture subjected to both the human soul and spirit through lyrical and encouraging tunes. I have multiple songs I prefer listening to when faced with various challenges that could submit an individual to an instance of depression. For example, the song title Mighty Man of War, which was produced by Jimmy D Psalmist, is one of a kind song and has acted as a motivating and encouraging song during hard times in life. According to Odamah (2020), the Mighty Man of War is a loud spiritual song that has touched the hearts of many people globally due to its perfect tune and great lyrics. Primarily, Odamah (2020) denote that the song expresses both adoration and glory to Lord God Almighty, thanking Him for his outstanding love and concern on the humans who, despite being sinners, are still cared for throughout their daily activities.
Additionally, the song is compelling in motivating and uplifting depressed souls and spirits. Personally, the songs elevate my mind to high levels, especially on the parts that talk about helping, for instance, you are the mother to the motherless, father to the fatherless, help to the helpless, husband to the widow among others (Odamah, 2020). In this scenario, the song plays a crucial role in encouraging orphans and weak individuals that, despite the challenges they are facing they can rely on their father above who is ready, willing, and available at all times to offer any assistance needed without any discrimination. Moreover, the part that talks about the supernatural powers of Lord Jesus of raising the dead and making the barren to be able to conceive are a very another encouraging and motivating line that lingers in my mind every time I listened to the song.