One is left with the nagging feeling, “Have I been processed enough?”
A process is finished when it’s finished and not before.
The process of salvation is finished when one dies (”faithful unto death”) and not before one dies.
Paul was nearing the end of his life and knew the process of salvation for him was about over when he wrote “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”