Thanksgiving Is Due the Lord

Psalm 92:1-5 (A psalm or song for the sabbath day)
It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night; on the ten strings, and on the harp, with sounding music on the lyre. For You, Jehovah, have made me glad with Your work; I will triumph in the works of Your hands. O Jehovah, how great are Your works You purposes are very deep.

"It is good to give thanks ..." Translation - God is worthy of my thanks and to withhold my praise - to not have a thankful heart from which praise flows is evidence of something deeply troubling in me.
We'll deal with the obvious up front. As much as I love turkey and the trimmings (most especially, after the turkey, the pumpkin pie and whipped cream and other desserts), that is not what this season is about. It is more than a national holiday. The feasting is supposed to be about more than filling our stomachs and not worry about it because we're only going to plop onto the couches to watch the football games.
Feasting originally was intended as a celebration of God's character and what He has done for us because of Who He is. Feasting originated among people who didn't always have abundance, so they celebrated the bounty that God provided.
We now feast in a land of constant abundance ... and our feasting has become more about the pleasure in the abundance and enjoyment of the flavors and sated feelings of a lot of food.
We MUST consciously with determination remind ourselves - I must remind myself - that God is still in control. We have abundance only because He has provided it. I must remember that everyone ISN'T so blessed, and not because God loves me more. He knows who to present with abundance and who to present with lack. God alone knows which circumstance is the best for whomever in preparing them for eternity.
In lack and plenty, I can find blessings. God's goodness is in His presence and His care for me in whatever need I have. And we with plenty of food have as many and as critical needs as those who are hungry.
God is God and worthy of honor and glory.
God is just and worthy of respect and obedience.
God is merciful and worthy of praise.
God is good, and His goodness should compel us to utter thanks ... to sing our thanks ... to shout our thanks!