[Verse 1]
So how can I be silent
How can I ever doubt your name
When I look back at my yesterday
My heart is only this to say
[Chorus]
This is not the first time you rescued me
This is not the first time you made a way
I've got testimony after testimony
Miracles after miracles
[Verse 2]
We share a history
A sacred story
Written in the quiet places of my heart
And when my soul is dry and searching
You are the fountain, the wellspring
Where I start my living water
[Pre-Chorus]
So how can I be silent
How can I ever doubt your name
When I look back at my yesterday
My heart is only this to say
[Chorus]
This is not the first time you rescued me
This is not the first time you made a way
I've got testimony after testimony
Miracles after miracles
[Bridge]
One story of grace than another
You've been my shield and my cover
You did it before
You will do it again
Your mercy is running over
[Outro]
You did it before
You will do it again
(Oh, oh)
This is not the first time you rescued me
This is not the first time you made a way
I've got testimony after testimony
Miracles after miracles
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THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME
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Oct 16, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Sunvera Scott builds this song around a simple but sturdy act of remembering: the singer looks back over a personal history with God and finds it impossible to stay quiet or doubtful. The chorus repeats like a settled conviction — rescue and provision have happened before, so they can be trusted again. The second verse turns intimate, describing a "sacred story" written in the quiet places of the heart, and when the soul runs dry, God becomes the fountain and wellspring where living water begins. The bridge adds the language of protection, calling God a shield and cover, and lands on the line that gives the song its spine: what was done before will be done again. Mercy is pictured as running over, not merely sufficient. The outro circles back to the same confession, letting the repetition do the work of building faith rather than arguing for it. There's no dramatic crisis here, just a testimony stacked on testimony, miracle on miracle, offered as evidence against doubt. The song reads as a declaration of remembered faithfulness, sung by someone who has kept count.
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